Logic

A Fan Fiction Writer's Guide

Ok, so I had this thread earlier today:

Anon: Luhan asked for Sehun's number, took him to party and asked him to dance , took him to NY, and Sehun be like: 'He wants to be my, FRIEND!?' (God sehun it couldnt be more obvious.. -.- )

Me: Hey, I said it was cliche, didn't I?

Anon: It could be cliche yes, but take the logics seriously in your ff. Just saying boo.

Me: If I were a guy and gay and became really good friends with the guy I liked who is supposed to be straight, I would be skeptical too. Plus, friends take friends to special places. My friend and I have gone to New York multiple times together.
My friends would force me to a party. And Sehun was invited by Luhan. Friends invite friends to parties. 
Just saying, boo.

Me: Friends ask for friends' numbers, don't they? My friends ask for mine. I ask for my friends'. It's a normal occurance.

Ok, I left the person as Anon just so I wouldn't be rude and, I don't know, the ones that know me well and subscribed to this may go to that person's acc and be rude too. Anyway, this isn't really a tip for writing better, but I just felt that this needed to be addressed. One, for the love of all things holy, never call me "boo."

Also, I know you'll say: god, butthurt much? Hypocrite.

However, this person disregarded actual logic (and spelling and grammar... and proper comma usage and punctuation, but hey, that's not my problem). In the story I wrote, Sehun is gay and it's also from Sehun's point of view. So of course he sees Luhan as straight. As a straight guy, it's normal for Luhan to invite Sehun to parties, take him to New York, and friends ask for friends numbers. IT'S A NORMAL OCCURANCE. I do take logic a lot more seriously than a lot of people.

So, to finish my angry, anonymous responding, I just want to say: please don't be that person who disregards actual logic and not just fan fiction logic. 

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iexoeris #1
Chapter 41: In chapter 41, the first sentence is grammatically incorrect. In the first sentence, the 'me' should be 'my' instead. It is a very common mistake that I see, even in popular books. I think this grammar rule will change. Also, I am in middle school too and I love EXO. PS- Rick Riordan is my favourite writer. Did you fall in love with PJO, HOO, TOA, Kane Chronicles or Magnus Chase?
tokyeoul #2
Chapter 36: This is what I call fun in learning! This is a really good, humorous, straight-to-the-point guide (I made sure that I used correct punctuation on that sentence okay). You are way younger than me but I am just a newbie writer so this helped me a lot. I am still not finished and I am actually reading this at midnight. No surprise there haha! Anyway, thank you so so much!
BaekYeolChanBaek #3
DUDE WE'RE THE SAME AGE
JKNewsandDavidSo #4
Chapter 55: Lol Alternate Universe if you haven't found out it the few months that you've written this chapter xD
JKNewsandDavidSo #5
Chapter 19: Wow middle school, what grade r u now? I'm in middle school too!
LeaMon #6
I know right, when people don't capitalize properly, spell properly, has bad punctuation or use bad grammar, I immediately stop, because my eyes hurt. I became a grammar nazi, because whenever my friends and I use bad grammar or those other things, she subtracts our discipline points. Now, the things I mentioned above will just make me annoyed and somehow judge people quietly... It's pretty bad, but I can't help it.
hermion8 #7
Chapter 58: Just dropping by to say I totally agree with what you wrote. I tried to write something like this before, although unfortunately, I lost my list of commonly misused words and had to focus on college. Maybe I'll resurrect that soon...
One thing I hate the most though, aside from mid-chapter POV shifts and profiles, is when the author tries to excuse not proofreading by saying "English is not my first language." I understand that not everyone perfects grammar and all, especially one they don't use all the time, but proofreading is a way to learn, right?
I'm babbling here. Haha. I hope more people actually read things like this... There are a lot of plots with potential but... :/
dreamshade #8
Chapter 57: I'm gonna miss this and you, too. Hope that you'll come back and give me and the others more useful tips in writing fanfic. Thank you for sharing too ^^
MissLalaMoon #9
Chapter 28: I agree with this. It really annoys me when I see some Korean words that are simple to use in English (does that even make sense?). One time the entire sentence was in Korean and I had no idea what they were saying. I thought at the end of the chapter they we going to explain what they said, but they didn't. So I stopped reading the story, since most of the story consisted of the characters talking in Korean and I could not stand it. The only Korean word you could say that I use a lot is “yah” since it has been in my vocabulary even before I got into KPOP. I use some other ones, even though I don't like to, but sometimes when I write it English it looks weird. But I don't write full sentences, it just looks odd and I don't even know how to. I only know (and use) the simple terms such as “oppa,” “hyung,” “umma,” and etc.
Milielitre #10
Chapter 55: au stands for Alternate Universe, a story in which your characters are not what they are in real life. The opposite would be cannon, or alternate reality, a story in which your characters are still idols.
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